officialLanguage

P236
predicate

Indicates that a particular language has been formally designated by an authority as the official language used for government, legal, or administrative purposes in a given jurisdiction.

All labels observed (178)

Label Occurrences
officialLanguage canonical 23,795
hasOfficialLanguage 16,380
languageOfAdministration 2,109

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: officialLanguage
Generated description
Indicates that a particular language has been formally designated by an authority as the official language used for government, legal, or administrative purposes in a given jurisdiction.

Sample triples (46,259)

Subject Object
Belém do Pará Portuguese
Commonwealth Games England English
Division No. 3, Alberta English via predicate surface "languageOfficial"
Człuchów Polish
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Russian
Liestal German
Monterrey International Airport Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Zimapán Spanish
Glâne district
surface form: Glâne District
French
Prince-Bishopric of Salzburg Latin
Bahmani Sultanate Persian
Cidra Spanish
Cidra English
Anacapri Italian
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Reservation English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Guerrero Negro Spanish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
UKSC
surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Luo people of Tanzania Swahili language via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
surface form: Swahili
Luo people of Tanzania English via predicate surface "countryOfficialLanguageContext"
United States House of Representatives elections English (primary) via predicate surface "languageOfOfficialMaterials"
Norman Wells English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Norman Wells French via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Somogy County Hungarian
Pest County Hungarian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Enying Hungarian
Adony Hungarian
Spanish Texas Spanish
Nashik Municipal Corporation Marathi language via predicate surface "languageOfAdministration"
surface form: Marathi
Chin-men Mandarin Chinese
Copertino Italian
Carla-le-Comte French
Gjakova Albanian
Gaeltacht of Cork Irish language
Montalto di Castro Italian
Arlena di Castro Italian
Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone German
Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone Italian
Kuortane, Finland
surface form: Kuortane
Finnish via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Conesville, Iowa English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Yangju Korean
Lisle, New York English via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Chongyang County Standard Chinese
Dong Thap Vietnamese
Meshchansky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Krasnoselsky District Russian via predicate surface "hasOfficialLanguage"
Tortosa Catalan
Tortosa Spanish
Al Jazirah state Arabic
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Finnish
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Swedish